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St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
MTHE MOTHER OF US ALL"
DR.. HENRY r. DARNELL.

Down mid the tangled copses,
Where the gold-eyed daisies shine,
Down through the sweet, green pas
lures,
Where the sleek, still herds recline,
Linger glad groups of children
All the long summer day,
Making the wildwood echo
With their shouting loud and gay.
Thronging the crowded city,
Weary, and worn, and thin,
Bearing the grievous burden
Of sorrow, perchance of sin;
Too heavy for mirth or laughter,
When the wolf looks in through the
door,
Crouching on curb and doorstep
Are the children of the poor.
And vet the same God made them,
Marvels of wisdom all;
His image stamped upon them,
Cleans through the ruinous fall;
Each one is drop in the rainbow
That spans this world of care;
Each one is gem to be fashioned
For the diadem Christ shall wear.
Oh, Church of the loving Shepherd,
Whose death our life hath won
Go forth, like true, fond mother,
And keep the children one
Let not the link be broken
Which Gods own hand hath wrought;
Oh, let not one sheep perish,
His precious blood hath bought.
The Churchmdn.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
The Fore End of a Boom,

"The fore end of mighty big real estate
and general improvement boom seems to
have struck this town. says the Piqweed
Banner. ''Old man Dagget sold corner lot
Yesterday for s42, IS of it cash down. Bud
Dillon is putting up hen-house and a new
back gate. Sam Shockle has traded his
place on the avenue for Zack Hills team of
black mules. Zed Greenough is painting his
fence, and the widow Peevy is putting fv
screens all over her house. Captain Tavlor
sold block on B street Yesterday for 800
to a company going into the chicken incu-
batting industry. Things are looking up
nightly, and if the boom keeps up this
place will be made the county seat this fall,
Keep the Aall a-rolling." Bits.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
BOGUS OPALS.
now They Are Struggled Across the
Texas Border.

among the little souvenirs which visitors
from abroad like to secure in visit to Paso
del Norte none are more popular than opals,
writes Houston (Texas) correspondent of
the Je~eler's Weekly In the first place the
stone, atits best is extremely handsome and
IN thesecond place there is no difficulty drop
ping few of them in ones vest pocket and
smuggling them across the frontier into the
nlted States. Thus the visitor has not only
the pleasure ofsecuringa gem at a low figure
nut has also the gratifying consciousness
that he has done something smart
1t Is said that this has been going on for
some time, and has melted a number of
sharp MeXlcans to the manufacture Of imi-
tatlon opals, which they have sold in large
quantities. A railroad man engaged on the
Southern Pacific admitted to your CORE
spondent few days ago that he had been
taken i'll by one Of the willy vendors of
glass gems: His headquarters are at New
Orleans, and in the discharge of his duties
he makes frequent visits to Ell Paso On
one Of these occasions he was induced to
purchase four of the sO-called Opals. for
which he paid what would have been about
one-third of their value had they been gen
uine. He said:
Il took them down to New Orleans to be
set in scarf pins and when the jeweer saw
tLtll lle 4oOhtu CURIOUS, StuCh d ldSlllieT Ill
his eye and told me the things were glass
They were fine limitations, and worth about
81 % gross. l want to meet the Mexican
that sold EN- to me just once before die"
1t is said that the trade in these bogus
stones in the little Mexican town has been
extensive, and the gentleman referred TO
states that many Americans have been
swindled. The scheme is ingenious, tor the
purchaser knowing that he is breaking the
law in smuggling them over. is sure to keep
the suppo>ititlOus gems securely hidden
until he gets well away from Fl PasO. The
usual mode Of operation is as follows: a
dllapldated Mexican approaches the tourist
and inquiries in broken English whether he
wants to buy any opals adding that he has
some he mined himself \ box Of stones of
different sizes is produced. and the prices
asked are about a third less than those of
the stores. The yender is always ready TO
add picturesque effect to the swindle by
narrating his adventures in getting the
stones, and the meeting generally terminates
IN a purchase, OF course, all his wares are
counterfeit.
The opal is the aristocrat Of gems, and as
far as an expert is concerned. it is impossible
to make an imitation that will deceive. But
most people are familiar with the general ap-
pearance only, and that is pretty well simu-
lated by the Mexican makers.
The police have reason 10 believe that the
bogus Opals are made at Paso del NOrte, ana
are watching the establishment in which
they suspect the stones to be made. 1t i
scarcely necessary to say that no established
business house has any connection with the
matter. The industry is a purely local one
for if it were practiced where smuggling did
not exist, the purchaser would find out at the
first jewelry store that he had been vlctlmlzed.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
BANK HOLIDAY.
The British Workman as He Appears
at His Leisure.

Bank holidays are great scheme, writes
a London correspondent to the New York
Mail They come on four times year, and
are the invention, l believe, Of Sir John
Lubbock, who discovered that on other
HOLIDAYS bank clerks had to work Just the
same as in ordinary times. SO Sir John
got these quarterly holidays adopted tor
the benefit of the bank clerks, and imme-
diatelv the rest of the popuface seized
upon them, too. So the men in the bank
ing offices don't get much the best or
it, after all Indeed, when any pleasure
Of that kind is in the neighborhood, he who
would get the best of the general run Of
Rrtons has to rise early and stay late. There
is one popularity about English holidays and
their effect upon the amusements of the
populace. In America the theatres flourish
best in fine weather, always. A stormy
Christmas or Thanksgiving day Aeans badly
diminished receipts at all playhOuses. Here,
a pleasant, sunny holiday empties the thea
tres Why? Well, in America, the people IN
the surrounding towns always rush to spend
their holidays in the nearest big city, and
go to the theatre; Here, the people IN
the big city rush out to the green
fields and babbling brooks, and all that sort
of thing, and, unless it rains, the theatre
doesn't see hide nor hair of them. So the
managers pray for rain whenever holiday
makes its appearance. speak now of course,
only about that portion Of the population
which is gathered under the general title OF
''the masses" The rest of the people stay
indoors when holiday heaves in sight
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16

"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive blessing, and riches, and honor,
and glory, and power, world without
end ~
What He endured, oh, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell!
When there was between Paul and
that magnificent parsonage only the
thinness of the sharp edge of the sword
of the executioner, do you wonder that
he wanted to go? O, my Lord Jesus, let
one wave of that glory roll over this au-
ditorv, Hark. | hear the wedding bells
of Heaven ringing now The marriage
of the Lamb has come, and the bride hath
made herself ready.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
$4,000 Feet in the Air.

Professor Carl Meyer, who made balloon
ascension at Erie the other day, attained an
altitude of more than 1900 feet without SUI
fering any inconvenience whatever. At thaI
height he says: My pulse stood at se'en;g
two and my respiration was twenty and;na1v , but
felt first rate and the air seemed braclng ah9
exhilarating. The thermometer regstefeu
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
Jubilee Gusll.

Here is an extract from aiubilee leader in
the London Daily Telegraph: Every dog,
big and little, would wag his tail !; every cat
would purr; every farmyard and stableyard
would resound with joyous cries from cattle,
poultry and creatures in general-nay, the
hedgerows and fields, and the furred things
Of the forest would be elated-if they could
only hear and understand the last piece of
good news concerning them" All this be-
cause the Queen will this year distribute the
prizes of the Royal Society for the Preven
ton of Cruelty to Animals!
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
Uneasy Heads.

The Sultan of Turkey is hard pressed for
the want of e5O,OoO to pay his servants
wages, and is worried about the English in
Egypt There is plot to dethronee the in
sane King of Bavaria, Otto, to make room
for his uncle, the regent, Prince Luitpold,
and King Milan, of Servia, is likely to be de-
throned if he does not abdicate. Last, but
not least, the Car is still beset by assassins.
Taking one consideration with another.
monarchs life is not happy one.-Bosto"
4dvertiSer.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16
Her Opinion.

The reports Of burglaries had made the
mistress of the house cautious, and she re-
minded her maid-of-all- that the door
at the foot of the back stairs must be boiled
at night, and told her the reason why.
They wouldn't come upstairs. would
they?" asked Abigail.
They might, said the mistress.
and =" into the rooms where folks are
sle"rng?'
"Ee> inieed."
well, if they amt got cheekr-- Boston
Transcript.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16

The farms al OF being absorbed by rich
men all over this country. Henry George to
the contrary = "withstanding, as the follow
ing table recSAtly published in the Chicago
TrihltDe SbnyS#&
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09
GROWTH.

The progress Of st. Paul is in a
measure an index to that of the entire
northwest. 1t is gratifying, accord
ingly, to find in the Journal of Com
merce, which is doing good service
for the trade of that city the follow
ing good report. 1t says: 'St. Paul
is forging ahead as the leading city of
the west. This year its wholesale
trade will reach more than $1,000 0O,-
900. It's building for the first five
months has reached the astonishing
figure OF So, 100000 as against 81, $780,
600 for the corresponding months of
1886. Everywhere are evidences of
solid and substantial progress. Its
manufacturers are looming up at
South st. Paul, at North st. Paul and
all around the city. There is nothing
ephemeral in it. There is nothing of
the boom element in it. These i'm
provements r made on the ground:
made Of solid brick and stone, and
paid for in hard cash; not on cheap
paper with flaming red ink headlines.
It is q boom on solid conservative bus
mess principles, and has come to stay
because there is no place for it to re-
main and work proftably and legiti-
mately. A year ago when the croak-
ers predicted a crash from the then,
as they said, extravagantly fictitious
prices of realty, we said the same
things We say now, and asserted then
that prices Of real estate would go up
still higher because they were below
their actual value. They are still too
low and will advance. We are grow
ing. We increased q, 5000 in popula-
ton last year, and this year will show
q still greater increase, both in popu-
lation and business"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09
PROTECTION.

Prompt measures should be taken
to hunt down the robbers who attack.
ed the stage on its way to to the Ma
tional park. The robbers were evi-
IDENTIFY new at the business, but they
acted boldly enough to become dan
gerous if no special effort is made to
guard the road and effect their capture.
AS the stage must have been almost
within the limits of the National park,
it is the duty of the United States au-
thorities to exercise the greatest vigil
lance in that quarter. The railroad
company should do its part by run
ming its trains at hours that would
enable passengers to make the journey
from Cinnabar to the Mammoth Hot
Spnngs-a distance of only eight
miles-in the daytime. The territory
should also cooperate in extermina-
ting the robbers who would introduce
here the lawless methods which were
recently employed in plundering rail
road trains in Texas. All citizens
should aid in unfolding the good
name OF Montana, where life and lib
erty are now happily safe, and where
everyone has the fullest freedom to
engage in the pursuit Of happiness.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09
SOCIAL RENOWN.

The lesson which the celebration
teaches socially, is that Great Falls
has great capacity for promoting en-
ioyment. The park and the drives
supplement the splendid scenery of
the Missouri rapids and of the Sun
river. The hotels provide ample ac-
commodation for visitors and are
always ready to promote sociability,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

Our people are hospitable, and al
ways find time to mingle pleasure
with business. The young men are
good organizers and the ladies are
ever ready to second their efforts. 1t
follows that, as the city becomes more
populous, it will also gain that repu-
tation for gayety and refined amuse-
ments which do SO much to attract
people to places such as st. Paul,
minneapolis and San Francisco.
1t follows, also, that we might claim,
as well as Chicago, that this is an ex-
cellent summer resort. The assump-
ton of the Garden City was deemed
absurd by places which had acquired
renown as summer resorts alone, but
people continue to flock to Chicago
from the country, while the residents
of that city reciprocate by seeking
rural haunts. This interchange has
taught them all that it is not pure air
alone that people need in hot summer
months, but rest from toll, change of
scene and recreation. In like manner
we may expect that pleasure-seekers
will come here from crowded cities,
mining camps and ranches to expert
ence the good results which that
change in their daily life should pro-
duce.
There are charming resorts in Mon
tana, but none Of them will combine
the attractions which Great Falls will
offer to summer tourists next year,
when the railroads will render this
the true gate of the mountains, aud
travellers will find here not only a
busy mart and extensive factories,
but a place in which music, art and
sport will be cultivated literally.
JAY GoULD was asked recently by a
reporter "What policy would produce
the best results for the country at
large?" ITO let it alone" was Mr..
Gould's response. THE country is
able to work out its own prosperity.
The Americans are a great people,
and all they want is to be let alone.
They don't want interference from
the president Or congress; the state
legislatures or governors 1t would
be better if the legislatures met only
once in five years. The people are
able to take care Of themselves. We
have no great great standing armies
and our best men can prosecute indus
tres that make the country rich and
the people contented. Our people
will always be prosperous as long as
they can attend to their own affairs"
The five years interval which Nh.
Gould proposes for legislatures would
be rather long. In Minnesota, where
biennial sessions are the rule, there is
a strong sentiment in favor Of annual
ones. The arch Spectator showed
more wisdom when being asked:
"What is the condition Of the country
from a business point Of yiew?"
he said: Good. I know that it ispar-
ticularly true Of the west. The earn
ings ofour roads out there are big"
The PUBLIC LETTER sent to General
Brooke. to-day. exnresses truly the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

HELENA HAS had a feast Of oratory
in the speeches of Judge Wade, Col.
Sanders and others at the dedication
of the court house. Chief Justice
Mcconnell also made an able address,
which was. followed by a foreible
charge to the jury, in which he ex-
pounded their duties and some new
laws. All this oratory will perhaps
make amends to Helena for the lack
of a public celebration on the Fourth.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, JULY s, 1887.
WALTER NJ. O'DwYER, EDITOR.
TO H PUBLIC.

UBta further notice VIZ Hunks raN
haze entire control Of the Dally and Semi
Techiy Tribune.
JERRY COLLINS,
Business Manager Tribune Publishing Co.
June 80, 1887.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

Yam PHAN LEE has risen above the
horizon. He has married a New Ha-
ven girl and engaged in newspa-
per work. He may next be nominated
on some state or city ticket to secure
the Chinese vote.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

IT APPEARS from the decision OF
Judge Brewer that Mrs. Choteau is
debarred by the statute of limitations
from acquiring land at West Kansas
City, which her husband owned fifty
years ago. As the property is worth
S1O,O00,000 the cas- will probably be
brought to the United States supreme
court. In most states the law holds
the rights of heirs in great respect,
and in the cas- Of minors it acknoWl-
edges no limitations.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

IT WAS Mrs. Hamilton Fish who
died recently, and not her husband as
the telegram stated.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-09

The PUBLIC LETTER sent to General
Brooke, to-day, expresses truly the
sense of gratitude which is entertain
ed here for that gallant officer. Our
people who had their hearts set on a
grand celebration were greatly pleas
ed when General Brooke readily
promised that the band would come
here. He added to this courtesy by
permitting the band to leave the Fort
on Sunday and remain here until this
morning. During their stay the
bandsmen did credit to themselves
and the army by their mastery skill
as musicians and their excellent de-
pertinent. We trust that the friendly
relations between this city and General
Brooke may long continue, and that
our people may some day be able to
testify in person, the high regard in
which they hold the commander, his
officers and men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
SOME MORE EVIDENCE.
A Disciple of Blackstone Gives a
Written Testimonial.

The following letter was handed the
writer for publication by the author,
who is known as one of the most expert
as well as one of the most reliable at
torneys in Minneapolis. Mr. Reed is a
member of the well-known law firm of
Smith & Reed, whose offices are located
in the Pence opera house building. The
letter speaks for itself:
ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
''This is to certify that have been a
sufferer from that dread disease, catarrh,
for the last twenty (20) years, and that
/ have been treated for the same with
entire satisfaction at DR.. McCoy'S Office
in the West hotel.
"FOr fifteen 15) years / have been a
constant sufferer, and in all that time
have almost continually been using all
the patent preparations [ have ever
heard of or had seen advertised, and
have been treating with the best physi-
clans that made any pretensiOnS to cure
that disease. without any good results
whatever. / have suffered greatly from
my trouble at night, not being able to
lie on my back on account of the chOk-
ing sensation caused by the catarrh, and
for a long time would have to get up two
or three times at night and snuff salt
water up my nose for temporary relief,
and through the day / was in constant
misery. had been using the Mccoy
treatment only very short time until 1
felt wonderful change, and l now
deem it my duty to say, for
the benefit of those who may
be suffering from that troublesome dis
ease, that the treatment Ihave received
in the last two months at DR.. McCOy's
office has been marvellous, giving me
almost perfect and entire relief from my
catarrh. | can now go to bed and sleep
sOundly through the entire night, free
from the choking, and arise In the
morning feeling greatly refreshed, and
am able to eat my breakfast before
going to my Office, something have not
done for years.
Imost cheerfully and heartily recon-
mend any one suffering from catarrh to
visit DIR. McCOy's Office in the West
hotel for treatment. Respectfully,
S. A. REED.
Of the law firm of Smith & Reed, Min
neapOlis, MINI.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
Assessment for Grading Park
Avenue and Other Streets.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. Is, 1887.
The Board of Public Works in and for
the corporation of the city of st. Paul,
Minnesota. will meet at their Office in
said city at 2 p. m. on the 2Sth day of No
vember, A. d. 1887, to make an assess
ment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from grading Park avenue, from
Sycamore street to Maryland street;
Sycamore street, from Rice street to
Sylvan street; Lyton place, from Rice
street to Sylvan street; Atwater street,
from Rice street to Sylvan street; Win
nipeg avenue, from Rice street to Syl-
van street; Manitoba avenue, from Rice
street to Sylvan street; Litchfield street,
from Rice street to Sylvan street; Front
street, from Rice street to Sylvan street;
and Cook street, from Rice street to Syl-
van street, in said city, on the property
on the line of said improvement, and
deemed benefited thereby amounting
in the aggregate to S16,300.85.
All persons interested are hereby no
tilted to be present at said time and
place of making said assessm ent, and
will be heard.
r. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: W. F. ERWIN,
33224-33225 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
What Is Going On?

This question is being asked in West
st. Paul very frequently. and has been
put by one to another over there for
several months. During this time. as
has been mentioned several times in the
GLOBE, some one has been buying large
quantities of real estate OH the flats. and
all the purchases nave been surrounded
with a great deal of secrecy, and the
same secrecy is still maintained. All
who own property on the flats are, of
course, interested to learn all they can
as to what these purchases are for. As
to definite facts that have not been sue
ceSSful. 1t is now discovered that new
party of surveyors is at work on the fiat.
One gentleman who is interested in
property over there a few days ago fol-
lowed the stakes that the engineers had
set, commencing in Marshall'S addition.
They lead through Morrison's. Potts,
HitchcOck'S, and Brown IL JacksOn'S
additions, and when, at last. this gentle
man came up with the engineers, he
succeeded as well as people usually do
under such circumstances in endeaVOr-
ing to gain information. When asked
il they were
LAYING OUT A RAILROAD
the man who was at the head of the
gang said he supposed they were.
When asked what road, his only reply
was that he did not know, and when
the inQuisitive property owner asked
him who paid him, he replied that he
did not know, but he guessed some one
would. The road seems to be laid out
east and north of the Minnesota q
Northwestern. All these circumstances
and this great secrecy seem to keep
people in West st. Paul continually
thinking and wondering what is COM
ing. They do not know really whether
to sell or hold. OF course, they all
know that that tat offers 10 railroads
especially. and 10 manufacturers, very
convenient and attractive places for
locating and doing business. The
trouble with them Is tliat - much that
Is tempting IS offered Oh every side, that